Facebook Relationships

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acebook Relationships Four Theories Knapps Coming Together StagesDependency TheoryStrong and Weak TiesSocial Exchange Theory Knapps Coming Together Stages The Initiating StageThe Experimenting StageThe Intensifying StageThe Integrating StageThe Bonding Stage Dependency Theory: depend on media to fulfill social needs Strong and Weak Ties:Maintain and strengthen valued relationships Social Exchange Theory:People evaluate every social situation in terms of costs and benefits. Presentation Summary Romantic Relationships on Facebook Introduced Knapp's Coming Together Stages Where does Facebook fit? Introduced Dependency Theory What needs are fulfilled by Facebook relationships? Showed Today Show Clip"Why Do We Torture Ourselves?" Friendships on Facebook Quality vs. Quantity Definition of "friend"ConsequencesSocial Exchange Theory The Amassing of Friends The Friend Game! Private vs. PublicStrong and Weak Ties Conclusion: Balance Results of our Pilot Study Demographic Data 39 Participants 21% Freshmen8% Sophomores29% Juniors42% Seniors Of all participants:53% in romantic relationship offlineonly 37% Facebook official Most had about 500 Facebook friends,but maintain only 10 friendships offline Post-Test Results 60% said they would be more conscious of how public they are making their romantic relationships on Facebook 85% believe Facebook should have friend categories 63% said they would delete some of their Facebook friends after seeing our presentation 50% think negatively of those who have "too many" Facebook friends 94% will think of the possible consequences of accepting friends in the future Facebook's purpose: "To reinforce established relationships and form bonds with new friends." Facebook has more than 400 million active users Average user spends more than 55 minutes per day on Facebook Facebook is used by over 90% of undergraduate students on a daily basis Facebook.com Facebook.com Facebook.com PsychCentral.com “Research suggests that people are only intermittently in touch with many of their online ‘friends’ but correspond regularly with only a few good friends.” Shelley Tucker, psychology professor, UCLA Pre-Test Results 45% males55% females Background Information Why Res. Life should adopt our ideasFacebook is prevalent among most college freshmanOur presentation results have proven effectiveEasy to adapt to future freshman classes